Aaron Hickey said that he was “delighted with the win” after our final game of pre-season against Real Betis.

The full-back, who signed from Bologna earlier this month, played just over an hour on his first appearance at the Gtech Community Stadium.

We ran out 1-0 winners thanks to a first-half goal from Bryan Mbeumo.

“I thought we did well as a team,” said Aaron.

“We stuck together. A few times in the game it was quite hard for us; they made it hard.”

Real Betis finished fifth in LaLiga last term. The Scottish international stressed that facing such calibre of opposition can only be a good thing with the new campaign almost upon us.

“It’s important to play very good teams coming into the Premier League season, because you know it’s going to be tough. It’s good to play against opposition like that.”